Associations to the word «Octavo»
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Wiktionary
OCTAVO, noun. (paper) (printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches high and 4.5 to 6 inches wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. Made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
OCTAVO, noun. (printing) A book of octavo pages.
Dictionary definition
OCTAVO, noun. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
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